General Morgan has agreed to end his forces' move towards the port town of Kismayo after mediators settled his debts at a five-star hotel, they say.

The bill was run up in Kenya, before he left the talks last month, to become the only major warlord not in Kenya.

Somalia has been without a national government for 13 years.

Rival factions have been battling for territory and control of strategic locations, such as ports.

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The warlord, whose full name is Mohammed Hersi Si'iid Hersi, was nicknamed the Butcher of Hargeisa, after being accused of murdering scores of innocent civilians during fighting in the Somaliland capital.